US midterms deliver historic firsts for minority candidates

The US midterm elections produced historic firsts for minority candidates, including the first Muslim senator, first Black female governor, and first openly gay male senator, amid a sharp voter rejection of President Donald Trump's second term. Egyptian-American Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won a Michigan Senate seat, becoming the first Muslim elected to the upper chamber. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia's governorship as the first Black woman elected governor in any US state, while Democrat Chris Pappas won in New Hampshire as the first openly gay man in the Senate. Republican Byron Donalds is projected to become Florida's first African-American governor and the first Black Republican governor in US history. Other milestones include Deb Haaland as New Mexico's first Native American female governor and Gina Hinojosa as Texas's first Latina governor.